Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-12
Among the AngeIs
Los ANGELES. Cal March '

Los ANGELES, Cal, March :, 1887.
 EDITOR CITHES:-Since arriving here have met quite a number of those who formerly left Tucson among whom are Richard J. Pryke, J. s. Urosley, Paul hiecker. J. A. Muir, J. P. Culver, Mir Fay, Dr. Turner, Peter Iormey, N. B Appel and his son Horace, W. NJ. White. Move Wicks, and Judges Fitzgerald, Silent and the Audersons; also B. Fl heinenan, who IS manager for the house or Flanagan, Cuddy < Co. Fay bursted m the newspaper business in Santa Monica, snd Is now in the employment or local newspaper. Mir. Culver has a large office, and seems to be dOIng well. pr. Turner IS building up good prac- hee. Appel IS a solid policeman in i'm posing uniform. Wicks is on the high way to fame and fortune. in connection with the new harbor at La Ballona.
 There are bat twenty-five cases of small poI here, all under control, and showing s diminishing of the disease, yer IL has a visible affect on the influx, which however, continues to rush ID With moderation. Referring to the great immigration hither from the east, will mention that Iulare. Riverside and other places have large offices here, and active men to catch on" to some of the light nlng that Is striking almost directly here.
 In my letter from San Diego. I forgot to mention that Hon. Ton Fitch de- clares that he will make that place his permanent home. He is devoting his whole attention to tracing local land titles and declares that he will no more make public speeches from the forum At San Diego they have a municipal law closing all saloons at II D. m., and strange to relate this ordinance pro notes vice, because the drinking men load full to the muzZle at that hour and rejoice therein until the following dawn.
 Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego and several other places manifest some jealousy at the remarkable growth of Los Angeles, all of which is wrong. Los Angeles made the reputation of South ern California, and is entitled to all credit, but not considering this, Southern California now has sufficient favor abroad to fill up every foot of available ground without the needless rivalry of cities. IL was water that started this place into s great cIty, and r. Bsaudry, the first "pusher" ID that direction, and now 1t is the won derful products of fruit and flowers that attracts the whole world hither. Florida IS knocked out m the east. Its swim dies and its malaria were sufficient; but further than this. the eastern people now know that 1t consists either of barren | sands or muddy lsgOons, with poison Ous reptiles and pes.iierOus insects ID | profusiOn.
 When l looked around this Vale of | my thoughts turn at once to | Tucson. Oh, if she had but caused her | bufdensome debt by water development | alone. the debt would not now be re- garded as a serious matter. The bal | sncs of trade would have been ID her | favor. and 1t would have shared m the | great rush now making for this point. | l cannot think of greater felony than | that heretofore perpetrated on Tucson, by creating a vast debt on visionary | and emitting the only one nec- essary, the development of her water re- sources. Those who thus steered affairs | ID the past committed a great crime.
 Respectfully, B.W. c.